The Green Party Collection

The Green Party Collection is your ticket to a garden full of tender, flavourful greens. Each variety has been chosen for its exceptional taste, nutritional value, and ease of growing—whether you’re tossing together a fresh salad, whipping up a health-boosting smoothie, or sautéing colourful side dishes.

Where Can You Grow
These cool-season favourites perform best in full sun to light shade with well-drained, fertile soil. Sow them in raised beds, rows, or containers; provide even moisture and a light mulch to keep roots cool.

History and Historical Uses

• Salad Mix: A blend of baby lettuces and leaf lettuces, long used in Mediterranean table gardens.

• Kale Mix: Heirloom and modern cultivars prized since the Middle Ages for cold-hardiness and nutrient density.

• Arugula: Ancient Roman favourite for its peppery leaves in salads and as a digestive tonic.

• Spinach: Originating in Persia, valued in traditional medicine for its iron content and gentle laxative effects.

• Purslane: Globally foraged succulent, rich in omega-3s and traditionally used as a cooling poultice.

Canadian Zone Information

Zones 3–9: Direct-sow in early spring or late summer; succession sow every 2–3 weeks for a continuous harvest.

How to Grow and Harvest

• Sowing: Sow ¼ in deep in moist soil; thin seedlings once they develop true leaves.

• Spacing: Thin to 4–8 in apart, depending on variety.

• Maintenance: Keep evenly moist; fertilise lightly with compost tea.

• Harvest: Snip outer leaves when young and tender; cut baby greens at soil level for salad mix.

Seed Saving Tips for Future Supply

• Isolation: Space varieties at least 3 ft apart to prevent cross-pollination.

• Collection: Let a few plants bolt and produce seed stalks; harvest mature seeds when pods are dry.

• Cleaning & Storage: Thresh or rub seeds free of chaff; winnow and store airtight in a cool, dark place.

Certified Organic By
Islands Organics Producers Association (Cert#1962)